1836 Memorial Sampler by Louisa Horsey. Framed in an old, possibly original, black, ebonised wood frame with with gilt slip and rippled, old glass. Tacked and glued to a wood stretcher frame with brown paper backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout. Meandering floral border. Colours greens, yellow, navy blue, black, gold and browns. Inscriptions read 'HENRY HORSEY DIED FEBY 16 1826'second Inscription entitiled 'The Children of Robert and Martha Horsey'>'William Slade Horsey born July 4 1821>Louisa Elizabeth Horsey born May 17 1823>Henry Horsey born december 7 1824>Henry Edward Horsey born Februaruy 16 1826>Edward Arthur Horsey born July 29 1828>Bethia Sarah Horsey born June 26 1830>George Phillip Horsey born July 1832>Martha Ann Horsey born August 28 1834' and Verse titled 'On the Death of an Infant' reads 'Sweet babe by death's cold hand in earliest bloom...> Torn from thy mother's bosom to the tomb:...> While o'er thy grave thy drooping parents bend;> Oh! May these parents hear a faithful friend!> Nor think thee only born but to bequeath....> Pain at thy birth, and sorrow at thy death:...> For when the great eternal day shall come;....> Then shall they meet thee at thy happeiest home;> And see their first dear pledge of mutual love> Blooming in spotless innocence above......'. Signed and dated 'Louise Horsey Dec'er21 AD 1836'. A good set of motifs, including a shepherd and shepherdess, an urn, stars, dogs, birds, rabbits, fir trees, trees, crowns, a lady and a gentleman, insects and angels.
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Dimensions
18.5ins high by 12.25ins wide
Circa Date
William IV, dated 1836
Description
1836 Memorial Sampler by Louisa Horsey. Framed in an old, possibly original, black, ebonised wood frame with with gilt slip and rippled, old glass. Tacked and glued to a wood stretcher frame with brown paper backing. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout. Meandering floral border. Colours greens, yellow, navy blue, black, gold and browns. Inscriptions read 'HENRY HORSEY DIED FEBY 16 1826'second Inscription entitiled 'The Children of Robert and Martha Horsey'>'William Slade Horsey born July 4 1821>Louisa Elizabeth Horsey born May 17 1823>Henry Horsey born december 7 1824>Henry Edward Horsey born Februaruy 16 1826>Edward Arthur Horsey born July 29 1828>Bethia Sarah Horsey born June 26 1830>George Phillip Horsey born July 1832>Martha Ann Horsey born August 28 1834' and Verse titled 'On the Death of an Infant' reads 'Sweet babe by death's cold hand in earliest bloom...> Torn from thy mother's bosom to the tomb:...> While o'er thy grave thy drooping parents bend;> Oh! May these parents hear a faithful friend!> Nor think thee only born but to bequeath....> Pain at thy birth, and sorrow at thy death:...> For when the great eternal day shall come;....> Then shall they meet thee at thy happeiest home;> And see their first dear pledge of mutual love> Blooming in spotless innocence above......'. Signed and dated 'Louise Horsey Dec'er21 AD 1836'. A good set of motifs, including a shepherd and shepherdess, an urn, stars, dogs, birds, rabbits, fir trees, trees, crowns, a lady and a gentleman, insects and angels.
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